Steel-car frame.



A. GHRISTIANSON. STEEL GAR FRAME. A YPLICATION FILED JAN. U, 1009.

Yatented Apr. 26, 1910.

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A. GHRSTIANSON.

STEEL GAR FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.11.1909.

Patented Apr. 26, 1910.

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:MEN-rca.,

Sonya resideut'of Butlei", in the county of.

STEELv C y nrniis'rmN- Butler -and State of Pennsylvania, Vhavein-lvented a Vnew' and useful -vImprovement in `Steel-Car Frames and` I dohereby declareV 'fthe followin to be a full,`-clea.lr,anl eltafct Qdescriptiont ereof.

, My .invention relates tof-rame? steel'- ca1"s, more -particularlyv to''1inderfria'ine's""for` 1'- steel railroad carsemploying.swingingfdrat,y rigging, that isjbu'er andj `with the frame orsuperstructure off: the" car.-

A' tion extending ifrom the' pivotcasting to the fend sill, or, Wherethe invention is; used with' passenger ears, to the platform' enclsillsbeyoml the xuaingend sills. .f a.

1: lt 4also comprises certain improvements-in the side' sills andsuperstructure, as' well as.|

to otherim rovements hereinafter 'set forth y ofthepressedfcentersill'extension Fig. yisa In the accompa jingndralwirFigxire V1i is eing y"partly in 4vcross section; 2 is'a. vlongitudinalIcenform of the car`;'Fi'g.4 isa perspective-view lerspectivexview ofthejvertical car rib fiendig. 6 is a detail view ofthe-'corner fran'i'ngof the car. The invention'ma'y' e empoy Wit "a" suitable car-jfra'xne-Whelh g ated 'with steam, electricity or other power,

f and-'Whether for freight or passenger cars.V

It is illustrated in connectionwith passenger cars and will described',1tV lieing unn y VSieeiuiction of Letters relient;i fappncatioimnedJgnumy 11.1909'. semina. A471,755

enfer :cars iperr Patented Aim.;

derstood that when Vemployed 'in connection with a freight car vthe'platform 'and -sillA4 1o- -catesjtheordinary.,poslton ,of the end Sillflorsuch a car. .i j The drawing. illustrates diagrar'nlnati'cally 9a.swinging.; buffer zand"- draft A*rigging f'for -lwhicht ifeuntlerfrerneis'desigedto be espea ciallj7 employed.l and Awhichv-'fo1'xi1s"tlie subject -metter',offavconlpanion pliclti'onfledfbymeo'f `even-Tdate' 'Serial 471,7 57, though,

jingliottom l rmge 6 havingzat its ou'teredge lthe'extension -Gleadingup ifroin theI bottom flange ands-'providing'means .fort securingtheretothezbuseixf the' sde'plzxtes' 7 folniing :the outer body-ofthccar.' j 'The bolsteiyisshown als formed of pressed I channel sectionsS'cXtcuklng' frorn the center Asills to the sidesills and acentereasting 8-l f between the 4centersills, togethcrjwith a l topplate 9 and the bottoni plate 10-to whiehbotr ,torn plate the'usual"center plate llfis'secured. 'The' l'centergsillsl project through thebolster, but-to thel Pivotl casting 13ml; Which lpoint said centerjslllextensions 12 V are v spreadgapirtsoas'to Hare'out toward the' end 'sillof ,theI car,such" spreading eiitensions point t le flanges of't-hechannel 'centersills are cut off leaving the'web poitions15'exftendingin line .with the end'sills so'as to shown, in Fig. 1. Such center sillextensions 12 ai'vcarried be 4o fyltinef-,."erxfl sills byinea'ns zf thepressedaifplatfonp .sills 'lv'which eiitendfr'orna" oint'near thepyotplrcast-f" fing 13 out to t e ,platformfendsill 1,', 'and form thegonlysupport for the'platforxn e'hd sill,being riveted tothe center'sill'exteusions 'j 19. -through the webs 'and bottormflan'g'es ofprovide for riveting thereto, thisbeing such center sills and Z-barplatform sills. The Z-bar platform sills are of peculiar construction,as shown in Fig. 4, each having rear portion 18 correspondingsubstantiain height to the channel center sill for practically the distance wherethey lap the same and then havinga downward jog 19 to bring the body ofthe Z-bar platform sill in proper position to support the platformwithout re- 1o ucing the strength thereof, the body of said platformsillthen extendin forward, as at 20, to the platform end sil17 and beingpressed to form to lit the same and provide an end flange 2 1 to beriveted to the channel 1'5 .platform end sill.

I part of the 'resentinvention The en d sill pro er has t iediaphraginplates 26 extend` ing etween the flaring center sill extensions 3o 12and the sidefsills 2 of. the car riveted 'tob th..` These can be lmadeof sufficient. strength to roperly brace the ear outside of lthe center'sills but to bridge the space for the swinging ofthe buffer and draftrigging I einploy the shallow Z-bar 27 which extends between the twodiaphragms ltof the end sills and is riveted to them, as at 2S, said Z-bai' seetion'of the end sill attendingY past the channel portions of theend sill which termi- 40 nate at this point, while it extends above andfits into tliodcpression 29 formed therefor .in the Z-bar platformsills. The top 'plate 30 of tlie c arioor extends from the pivot castin13 to which it is riveted forward to this Z- ar cross piece 27 of theend sill and is vriveted to the to) flange thereof, as shown, being alsorivete to the top flanges 31 of the Z-bar platform sills. The said topplate 30 preferably extends from side to side of vthe 56 car, above thediaphragins 26,' being carried 'over and riveted toV the top flange 4ofthe side sill. The latforin'eiid sill 17 is curved according to t. edesired curve of the for- Y ward end of the platform and is formed ofchannel section so as to unite with the ends Vof the Zfbarplatform sills16 and Vit has a Vsuitable slot for the passage of the swinging buffer24, It also serves with the Z-bar plat' form sills for thesu p ort oftheguide 33 for 60 the bufl'erwhichl can e of any suitable eonstruction,being more clearly shown in detail' in'said companionf application andin fact forming the proper mounting for the draft rigging so thatitwdoesnot.requireiescrip-V p Vtion here.- v

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` It will thus be seen that while providing a strong underframe for thecar I provide full space for the Swingin of anysuitable construction ofswinging raft gear. The main -channel sills extend out to the end silland are connected thereto, while on account of v 'the flaring endsthereof they aid in bracing the same, and the Z-bar platform sills have4a lapped riveted joint with the center sills. and proJect out inflaringposition toward 75 the platform sill and form the only sup l t--f therefor, and though the-main end 1s built up, as a 'continuousplatform end'sill is employed the structure provides for the:

strong bracing of all parts and the space be l tween the flaring centersills is properly bridged 'at the end sill byl a strong Z-barconnection, fully .bracing the. car at .this-l point. At the same timethe flaring Z-bar platform sills form a. strong connection bei;

tween the center sills and the platformiend sill, which is riveteddirectly to the center sills and yet provides for the support'f thplatform on a lower level than themain floor of the car and 4forl thepassage of the90 Z -bar cross sill 27 over the same,v as shown.

Such platform sills also provide for easy repair of the car in case ofaccident without disturbing the main body of the ear.`

As above stated the'side sills of the car are 95 provided with upwardlyextending flangesy 6 at their outer edges, so providing a Z-bar..

side sill with anupwardjlip portion to which? the side plates 35are-secured. These side plates are secured at their ends' to the double100 Z-bar vertical corner ribs 36 which form the corners of the earbody, .these double Z-bar corner pieces being secured to boththe sidesills and the diaphragms 2G of the endsills and rising from suchpoint tothe full height ofthe body of the ear. As shown in Fig. 6

the main portion of such Z-bar corner rib 3G is riveted through the webof the Z-bar side sill 2 and also -to the end flange of the diaphragnr26of the end sill, while its flange 110 37 extends inwardly along the faceof said diaphragm, which is set inwardly to receive it,and.providesupport for theriveting`-of the corner piece directly to said diaphragm.

The arm 38 of said corner piece extends over *115' the bottom flange 5of the side s ill while its outer flange 39 forms a face to which theside plate 35 of the car body'can be secured. To give a finish aroundsaid Z-bar vertical cornerrib I provide the cover plate 41.

The car may have any suitable 'vertical ribs'sec'ured in any suitablepositionlriveted to thecar floor,'or otherwise, such'as the ribs 42forming the sides of the door in'apass'en- 3 ger car andthe ribs 43also-in line with the 125 end ofthe-car body. A It isdesirable4trilprovide means 'for locating theribs 'along 'the earsides in anyposition required and totha I- end'I rovide the vertical car rib'diaphra45 fitting within the base ofthe lside ill 2;.113`0f and over-itsoutwardly and'npwardly ex-v forming the only support fthe-refer, while'Vtending flange and also extending up within the side plate of thecartoany-'dewhich casein passenger. cars they! may be located so as to formthe window openings.

Such internal vertical 'ribs are provided withl side anges 46,' 47, andthe bottoni flange 48. They are niadefof proper width to fit between theouter side plate and the inner side plate 50 and they can be adjustedalong between such plates to any desired pol sitioii iii the length ofthe car and secured to the inner and outer side'plates by rivets orbolts, as desired. They thus provide adjustable stiffening members for'the body of the car frame, bracing the car body by Vtheir connectionwith the side sill and with the plates forming the inner and outer wallsof the car body'and providing vertical filler pieces giving strength tothe entire car body. As shown. in' F ig. 3 the inner -side plates 50 canbe provided with bottom flanges 51 to be riveted to the top flange ofthe side sill and the to floor plate 30. Such construction of si e sill,side plates and vertical filler 'pieces enables me to adapt thecarconstruction for any purpose desired to provide any window. openingstherein and at the same time provide anexceedingly light constructionforthe car side. As, illustrated in the drawing the frame provides forthe' swinging of either a draft or -buffer gear,s'ee Fig. l, and'it isto b`e understood'thatt-heg inv a s ace for the swineinfr of the. drafto l a asl rigging.

13. The combination with the inain'ccnter sills having flaring endportions, ol' a pivot casting riveted thereto at the initial point offlare of said sills, aiid'ceiiter sill extensions riveted to the flaringportions of said enter sills'beyond suoli pivot casting on' the inehorizontal plane and extending on the same flaring'lines and providingspace for` $5. the Swinging of the dra t gear. 4. The combination ofthemain center sills extending parallel with each other past hel bolsterand thence flaring out'to and rniinating at the end sill, and extensionsthereof ,secured theretoon the saineliori-` iftzontal plane :andextendinglA on the samje flaming lines to 'the platform end sill, and

sired height, such as to the top ofthe carin v sills extending 'jog inlineiwith theendsillsfanda connect-1-- 1,0 0 c sills and.: connectcdftotheother f end sill upper Vedge .lam

providingspace for `the,.Swinging olii-.the draft rigging. 4

5. The com binationijof the' inainl'ccriter-- Iparallel-,witheachotherlpast the :bolster van 1 thence flaringout- -to 'andteun'iiiating'at the 'end sill; andA extensioi'is i thereof rivetedthereto` -on the samel horizontal plane and extending'bubtherefrom*- onthe same flaring lines having'jogged poi- 75 tions at the'end sills and'forming flaring platform-sills on a lower 4-levelthan the' cen# tersills and fitting 6. The combination ofthe main center sills extendingarallel with each other past the bolster and) thenceflaring out to andterminating :1t-the end'sill, and Z-bar ex-i tensions riveted to theWebsandbase flanges of theinain center sills,`fand`extending vouttherefromjon the same flaring lines to and forming the only support'lfoitheIplatform. p

7. vThe combination of ,the lcenter sill extensions `forming platform;sills and a`y Z-bar connecting inember',extendingabove, such p platformsills and vconi'iectcd to 'the end sill.

'ingT flaring portionsextendingnout to the end'l v9.5 y 'extending'between the' flaring. ends of l the -v sills, the side lsillsl and .cliaphragin 'members center and side sills,` center ysill 1 extensionsforniin`g platform. Sills `f hav-inga di; wiiw ard.

ing member extendingiabovef such. pl `atforin members.` v-

9. The combination of 'the main `center sills having flaring endportions terminating at the end sills, center sill extensions thereofsecured thereto on the saine horizontal plane l and extending past theend sill and forming flaring platform sills, and` afplatform end sillsupported thereby, said" flaring center sill extensions being thewonlysupport there- -10. -Tlie combination-ofthe main center i sills havingflaring end portions, center, sill extensions thereof extending past theend sills, a 'curved platforml end ffsill, anda '115 track-way for? thebuffer or draft rig 'ng' secured to such lplatform sills and platfirmend sill. i A i '11. A pressed plat-form sill formed of a l Z-bar crosssection havinga downward jog 12.9

in 'the body thereof andan end portion to fit with the latform endsill.V

12. Astec `car side sill of-Z-'bar cross sec tion havin -aniupwardlyextending flange formed Witi plate secured thereto.

13. The combination of a Z-bar side sill Vhaving an upwardly extendingflaiigevat theof its bottom flange', aside plate 180..

to and forming the only supports for the platform end sills.

and extending up from its \bot- :tom flange,'in combination wi@ a carside L' l A i e 955,850l l f having its base secured to such verticalrib, and a vertical flanged iller piece having its base tting within thebase portions of such Z-bar side sill, and forming a rib for the supportof the car side plate.

The combination of a Z-bar side sill e having yan upwardly extending ribat ,the

side plate, and a. vertical Hanged filler piece 10 fitting between saidcar side p ates and wit in the base of said Zbar side sill. l

In testimony whereof, I the said ANDREW CHRISTIANSON have hereunto setmy hand. ANDREW CHRISTIANSON. lVitnesses: Y

, ROBERTO. Torrini,

JOHN F. VILL.

